City on the rise
A BUILDING BOOM began to
population was engulfed
change the face of Gaza City
by Palestinian refugees
CHECKPOIN
after the Israeli military, which
fleeing the war. Today
k
prohibited most construction,
390,000 live in refugee
Shatanun
withdrew. Three years ago these camps (map). Large
teenagers (right) might have
sections of Gaza re
been throwing stones at Israeli
main off-limits to
soldiers in their midst. Now
Palestinians.
they're cleaning the streets-
e
part of a campaign organized by
President Arafat's party, Fatah.
Built-up area
Sixteen-year-old Hend Abu
Bu
Israeli settlement
Salem (above) comes from a
Refugee camp
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Field crop
prominent family of farmers
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and traders that has been in
far Dom
Sand dunes
Gaza for some 200 years.
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Area under exclusive
Imagine the scene in
Israeli control
1948, when the original
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